MILWAUKEE (AP) â Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen says the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause doesn't cover sexual orientation the same way it does gender discrimination and there's no fundamental right for gay couples to marry. Van Hollen made his arguments in a brief filed Wednesday with a federal appeals court in Chicago. He is asking the court to overturn a federal judge's decision declaring Wisconsin's ban on gay […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) â The latest Marquette University Law School poll of Wisconsin voters shows a majority support repealing the state's same-sex marriage ban. The latest poll released Wednesday shows 56 percent of voters support repealing the state's constitutional ban on gay marriages. The poll of 804 registered voters was done between July 17 and Sunday. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. In […]
Minor injuries were reported in an accident involving a semi tractor trailer and pick-up truck on Highway 151 near Waupun. Sheriff’s captain Rick Olig says the accident happened around 12:30pm Wednesday on 151 near highway 49. Olig says the semi was northbound on 151 when it rear-ended the pick-up. Olig says the drivers of both vehicles were transported to the hospital with what were described as minor injuries.
For the first time during the campaign the candidates for Fond du lac County sheriff squared off in a face to face debate. Fond du Lac police detective Bill Ledger is running against incumbent sheriff Mick Fink in the August 12th Republican primary. The two faced off Tuesday on AM 1170 WFDL’s Between the Lines program and got into a heated back and forth when Ledger said he was […]
One person is arrested following a stabbing incident in Berlin. Berlin Police Captain Kevin Block says police responded to the 100 block of S. Adams Avenue around 4:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon after a report of a disturbance between several people with one individual being stabbed in the abdomen. The injured party was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Block says the suspect, 26-year-old Bobby Ray Lewis, […]
Ripon police are looking for information regarding vehicle thefts over the past few weeks. On June 29th, police say someone entered a garage in the 900 block of Watson Street, removed a vehicle and drove away. The vehicle was later found abandoned in Fond du Lac County. The sheriff’s department later took a report of another stolen vehicle from the same location where the abandoned vehicle was left. Police say […]
Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Reggie Newson will visit Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac at 12:45 p.m., Wednesday, July 23, 2014, to announce the release of a grant under the Wisconsin Fast Forward; Blueprint for Prosperity initiative. Governor Walker signed into law his "Blueprint for Prosperity" initiative in March 2014. The legislation provides more than $35 million in additional funding to […]
The Blood Center of Wisconsin is making a plea for Fond du lac area residents to donate blood. A blood drive is being held Wednesday at the Fond du Lac Forest Mall. Fond du Lac Community Representative for the Blood Center Tony Servais says there is a great need this time of year for all blood types including o-negative.
Existing home sales in Wisconsin saw positive gains for the first time this year, and median home prices were up slightly according to the most recent housing market report released by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA). June home sales rose 4.5 percent compared to June 2013, and median prices were stable, rising 0.6 percent to $159,900 over the same period. Economist David Clark says home sales and median prices are […]